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Honestly if he stays healthy (of course) I could see a really big year out of him. With a full season under his belt with Brady, he should be a lot more comfortable in the system and with Brady in general as a quarterback. I think he will be a significant part of the offense and should Edelman miss any time I think you could see Amendola rise to the occasion and really win the fans and coaches over.

It’s subtle differences where you’re obviously swapping a defensive linemen for a linebacker. So you’re going to be a little more athletic against the pass, but a little lighter against the run in the 3-3-5.

There are also concerns along the edges with the 3-3-5 since you only have three down lineman and it puts more contain responsibility on your linebackers.

No matter what they’re running or who is in what spots it’s really just a question of how they feel they best matchup. How much protection against the run do they want? How many linebackers/athletes do they want in the flat for short passes?

Same thing for three safety looks or even something like the 1-5-6 dime we saw a few years ago.

What are the opponent’s strengths and how do we best matchup to take those away and force them to beat us with their weaknesses. That’s the gist of it.

I think rhythm is the overall most important thing. Once you can establish that, the offense can really get rolling. It all feeds into each other really, and once things get going it all snowballs.

Once you can establish rhythm then it comes down to timing of the plays, especially ones that you’re trying to set up for later in the game. I am not sure how aware people are of how tediously planned some plays are, going back to earlier weeks. There can be an arc of an entire season on certain plays.

One week you’re running a certain run out of a certain look and you know the opponent has seen it and will prepare for it. That’s when you work in your play action out of the same look the following week. That’s just a simple explanation.

But really it’s all about rhythm. We’ve seen the Pats run the same play over and over, even out of the same formation, when it’s working. When they find a weakness or vulnerability the pound it.

The Pats also run the same plays a lot, they just vary the formation to disguise it.

However we’ve seen plenty of times that they try to quick snap to catch the defense off guard or with too many men on the field and it gets snuffed out for no gain or even a loss. Sometimes I think they get a little bit carried away with that stuff.